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'Meeting' has broad definition under state law

" That was just an education session," came the response. Funny, it looked like a violation of the Open Meetings Act to the reporter. She didn't know for certain if any kind of vote had been taken, but she sure did think that public business had been discussed behind closed doors. What's the rule?

Let's start with a review of the definition of "meeting," as found in KRS 61.805(1) of the Kentucky Open Meetings Act:

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From broadcasting to newspapers, Backus mad jump and loves it

Marty Backus may not have started his media career in newspapers but he certainly bleeds ink now.

Publisher of the Appalachian News-Express in Pikeville and this year’s president of the Kentucky Press Association, Backus got his start in radio. He even worked in television before he saw the light and entered the newspaper industry some 23 years ago.

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Recycled newsprint hits record percentage

Kentucky newspapers used a record 96.54 percent recycled newsprint in 2000, according to a KPA report to be filed with the Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Cabinet.

The 96.54 percent surpasses the previous high of 96.209 percent in 1996 and reflects a substantial increase over 1998 and 1999. The report excludes four Kentucky newspapers printed out of state.

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Supreme court rules inserts subject to use tax

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled May 24 that newspaper inserts and catalogs sent through the mail are subject to the state’s 6 percent use tax, reversing a lower court ruling and a 30-year practice.

The Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals and lower courts had ruled that the Revenue Cabinet wasn’t allowed to tax inserts and catalogs because it had failed to do so for some 30 years. Lower courts had ruled that cabinet auditors had failed to assess the use tax in a total of 18 audits against six retailers over a 30-year period and that the inserts, then, were not subject to being taxed.

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